Hunchback of Notre-Dame Vocabulary

Chapter Summaries

axiom: a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproofvisceral: relating to or affecting the internal organsveracity: unwillingness to tell liessociopath: a person with an antisocial personality disorderplumb: exactly verticalmelodramatic: having excitement and emotional appealcello: a large stringed instrumentvirtuoso: someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any fieldyarn: a fine cord of twisted fibers used in sewing and weavingcircumscribe: to draw a geometric figure around another figuredepravity: moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principlespeal :a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)shrine: a place of worship associated with something sacredprocession: the act of moving forward, as toward a goalmutiny: open rebellion against constituted authorityredoubled: become much greater in intensity or size or amountrogue: a deceitful and unreliable scoundrelscoundrel: someone who does evil deliberatelybedizen: decorate tastelesslyembassy: a building where